Eighteen (18) DeKalb County School District (DCSD) high schools were named 2024 Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools. State School Superintendent Richard Woods announced these distinctions on February 27.
The 2024 AP Honor Schools are named in eight categories based on the results of 2023 AP courses and exams. A list of categories is below, and a complete list of schools in each category is linked in the description.
“We take pride in these schools as they are a testament to the academically rigorous instruction our students receive,” said Superintendent Dr. Devon Q. Horton. “These recognitions further illustrate our District’s commitment to ensuring every student has opportunity and access to Advanced Placement courses, and we are delighted with their achievements.”
The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) began recognizing AP Honor Schools in 2008. AP exams are administered by the College Board, which also administers the SAT. AP courses are one of several ways Georgia students can access college-level learning at the high school level; students who receive a 3, 4, or 5 on an AP exam may receive college credit.
“I extend my heartfelt congratulations to the 2024 AP Honor Schools,” said Superintendent Richard Woods. “I commend them for their hard work building strong Advanced Placement programs and, as a result, providing high-quality opportunities for Georgia students. Additionally, I am thrilled that the number of AP Honor Schools and school districts continues to rise each year – a testament to the commitment of Georgia public education to expand opportunities for all Georgia students.”
Here is the listing of DCSD’s AP Honor schools by category:
AP Access and Support Schools
Schools with at least 30% of AP exams taken by students who identified as African American and/or Hispanic (minimum of 16 students) and 30% of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher. At least 25 exams must be administered.
- Cross Keys, DeKalb Early College Academy, DeKalb School of the Arts, Tucker
AP Challenge Schools
Schools with enrollments of 900 or fewer students, exams administered in English, math, science, and social studies, and a minimum of 25 total exams administered.
- DeKalb School of the Arts, Towers
AP Expansion Schools
AP schools with 25% growth in AP student participation from May 2022 to May 2023 and a minimum of 25 students testing in May 2022.
- Arabia Mountain, Clarkston, Columbia, Cross Keys, DeKalb Early College Academy, Lithonia, McNair, Redan, Stephenson, Tapestry Public Charter School, Towers, Tucker
AP Humanities Schools
Schools with at least five exams administered in each of the following AP categories: one ELA course, two social studies courses, one fine arts course, and one world language course, with a minimum of 25 total exams administered.
- Chamblee, Cross Keys, Lakeside
AP Humanities Achievement Schools
AP Humanities schools (see above definition) with at least 50% of all AP Humanities exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
- Chamblee, Cross Keys, Lakeside
AP Schools of Distinction
Schools with at least 20% of the total student population taking AP exams and at least 50% of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
- Chamblee, DeKalb School of the Arts, Druid Hills, Dunwoody, Lakeside
AP STEM Schools
Schools with a minimum of five students testing in at least four AP STEM courses, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles, and a minimum of 25 exams administered.
- Arabia Mountain, Chamblee, Clarkston, Cross Keys, Druid Hills, Dunwoody, Lakeside, Southwest DeKalb, Tucker
AP STEM Achievement Schools
AP STEM schools (see above definition) with at least 50% of all AP STEM exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
- Chamblee, Druid Hills, Dunwoody